Dietrich VI, Count of Cleves explained

Dietrich VI, Count of Cleves
Noble Family:	House of Cleves
Father:	Dietrich V, Count of Cleves
Mother:	Hedwig of Meissen
Spouse:	Alida of Heinsberg
Birth Date:	1226
Death Date:	1275

Dietrich VI (died 1275), also known as Dietrich of Meissen (German: von Mei­ßen), was Count of Cleves from 1260 until his death in 1275.^[1] He was born in 1226 as the son of Dietrich V, Count of Cleves and Hedwig of Meissen.

Marriage and issue

Dietrich VI married Alida of Heinsberg (d. 1303), daughter of Henry I of Sponheim and Agnes of Heinsberg. Their children were:

• Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves (1256 – 4 October 1305)
• Dietrich von Kleve, Prior of Xanten (born 1258)
• Mechtild von Kleve (1260 – 21 December 1309), married Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
• Dietrich Luf II von Kleve, Count of Hülchrath (born 1262)
• Agnes von Kleve (1264–1312)
• Irmgard von Kleve, (1266 – 11 May 1319)

Notes and References

1. Book: Hagemann, Manuel . Internetportal Rheinische Geschichte . Dietrich V. von Kleve . 3 February 2024 . https://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/dietrich-v.-von-kleve-/DE-2086/lido/57c694c3425e82.49320137.